Pausha Putrada Ekadashi 2025 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia 2 dates in 2025
Vrat · times in UTC+4
When is Pausha Putrada Ekadashi 2025 in Sevan?
Twice in 2025
Parana time: when to break the fast?
Saturday 11 January
Wednesday 31 December
Pausha Putrada Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
Fri 10 Jan
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08:22Fast beginsat sunrise
- Saturday 11 January
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06:46–06:52Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention
Tue 30 Dec
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08:23Fast beginsat sunrise
- Wednesday 31 December
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08:42–17:42Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention
Why does Pausha Putrada Ekadashi fall on these dates?
A lunar date comes about 11 days earlier each year, until an extra lunar month (adhika) moves it later again. One falling early in January can move back into the December before, so a year can have two, and the next year none.
Why Fri 10 Jan?
Pausha Putrada Ekadashi is on Fri 10 Jan: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Dashami through all of arunodaya and at sunrise; Ekadashi begins at 10:53. Ekadashi: 10:53 to 08:50 Fri.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 10:53 Thu to 08:50.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Arunodaya. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.
Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Fri 10 Jan only, at 08:22: Fri 10 Jan. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 10:53 Thu, before it (06:46–08:22).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Sat 11 Jan, 06:46–06:52 (from arunodaya, Tithika’s convention)
Dwadashi ends at 06:52 on Sat 11 Jan, after arunodaya begins (06:46) and before sunrise (08:22). When Dwadashi is short, the Nirnayasindhu, citing the Matsya, brings parana forward to dawn, before Dwadashi ends. Tithika starts it at arunodaya: Tithika’s convention.
Why Tue 30 Dec?
Pausha Putrada Ekadashi is on Tue 30 Dec: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 06:21 to 03:31 Wed.
Ekadashi ended at 03:31; arunodaya is Dwadashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Arunodaya. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.
Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Tue 30 Dec only, at 08:23: Tue 30 Dec. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 06:21, before it (06:47–08:23).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Wed 31 Dec, 08:42–17:42 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 03:31 on Wed 31 Dec to 00:18 on Thu 1 Jan; harivasara ends at 08:42. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 17:42: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 10:15.
The rule
Pausha Shukla Ekadashi
The Ekadashi fast runs from sunrise until parana the next day.
- Smarta
- Ekadashi at sunrise; over two sunrises the first, or the second when Dwadashi grows too; with none, the day it is current (Nirnayasindhu).
- Vaishnava
- Ekadashi through arunodaya, the 96 minutes before sunrise, unpierced by Dashami; over two sunrises, the second.
- Breaking the fast
- on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara).